Julia Boggs Dent

1862 - 1902  (40 years)

• Name	Julia Boggs Dent  [1]
  Birth	1862
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Mother and First Lady
  Religion	Methodist
  Death	1902
  Person ID	I14836	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick Fayette Dent,   b. 1786   d. 1873 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Ellen Bray Wrenshall   d. 1857
  Family ID	F10266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ulysses S. Grant,   b. 1822   d. 1885 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F10267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2017

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=19 President Ulysses Grant was seeking better trade with what was then known as the Sandwich Islands. He decided to do things up big. He, and his wife, Julia, staged a “brilliant beyond all precedent” meal for David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. This became the first “state dinner” by a president in Washington. The original feast went on for some 30 courses. Julia Grant sat by the king, the president opposite. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1019] The Dent Family. [S1070] Washington can thank Grants for state dinners, (Chicago Tribune, Section 1, Sunday, April 29, 2018).